A former medical examiner in the CSI is a serial killer

A medical examiner called Marty Pino who helped the CSI's in some cases in season 2 wasn't seen on the show again because Sid had fired him and from then to now has become a serial killer and cut his victims organs to make drugs.Sid is in shock that he has become like this because he used to be his friend and Marty had a bright future but was disgusted with what he did in the end and didn't want to see him again.It was very hard to believe that he had turned into a serial killer.moreless

Awesome, and very intense. Stellar performances by the entire cast.

A truly terrific episode, indeed. And I find the title very appropriate. It seems many characters reached their "Point of No Return". Sid discovered there was a line he could not cross in separating the personal from the professional when he was unable to autopsy Pino's wife. The whole case, of course, affected him deeply. I have to wonder how it will affect his future relationships with the people who work with and under him. Stella has crossed a line as well. She is premeditatively defying Mac and lying to him, and she's bringing Angell in on it with her. Danny has gotten a taste of how much his life truly has changed. His big issues in "The Box" and "Triangle" were dealing with the life-changing experience of becoming a father. Up until now, it seems it's been an abstract concept. This case brought it home to him, and not just because of his recklessness in storming into the shootout, and his realization that he could have lost his life, his wife and his child. I think he also came face-to-face with the pain of losing a spouse. Of course, he's seen that hundreds of times before, but it's got to hit closer to home when it's someone you know. We're used to seeing Robert Joy (Sid) as the goofy, slightly off-base, socially inept comic relief (in the morgue, of all places!). This ep proved that Robert Joy brings serious talent to a very intense, dramatic role as well. Bravo!And Carmine can tell an entire story with his facial expressions alone. He truly seems to put his entire self into his role - body language, expressions, even tiny hand gestures. Truly stellar.moreless

Nice!

It was a really good episode. The storyline was interesting, the acting was very good (as always) and I enjoyed the flashbacks of the team with the previous member of their team, concerning their relationship in the past.

I would like to point out something. They really should stop making Stella speak Greek. To anyone who actually speaks the language, often what comes out of her mouth jibberish. Most Greeks have to listen twice to find out what she's saying. Since the character is supposed to be Greek the way she speaks should be believable. And, trust me, it isn't!moreless

I really felt sorry for Sid, he was really having trouble dealing with it!

And now DL: I loved it when Danny was talking to Mac about lindsay wanting to investigate the death of a beaver xDAnd I als loved how Danny was trying soo hard to clean his ring..it shows he really cares and i also liked how he answered the phone with 'Hey Babe'moreless

The team is called in to investigate a dead woman in a hotel. Soon they realize that several of the team knew her and her husband. Dr. Marty Pino, a former M E with the crime lab....And the team is off.moreless

Great twist and turns. It kept me on the front of my seat. The guest stars were just that guest as they did not take up a whole lot of time and screen space. So we were missing two team members as Linds is home in Montana and Adam??? No sign of Adam.

Sid: Great emotion. I felt for him when he tried to do the autosopy and then again when he ran into the warehouse, even though he knew he should not be there.Hawks: Always sticking up for his friends. Even though this time, his gut instinct was wrong.Danny: W H A T W A S H E T H I N K I N G. Oh, yeah, he was thinking like Danny. But it was great that he saw what could have happened if things did not go his way.Stella/Angel: Ok, so it looks like I could actually be right about the person who will die. My guess is that this Greek Case will lead to Angels death, therefor, pissing Flack off cause Stella got his girl killed. Mac will be pissed becuase not only did Stella disobey him, but she outright lied to him. Third, as emotional as she gets she will feel guilty (as she should) for a very long, long time.But I loved the shipping container scene. It is one paperless way to extradict someone. Maybe we should use that more often.Mac: The backbone of the show. He felt for Marty, but still did his job. And of course he knows something is up with Stella. And it was nice to see him kind of protect Danny when Danny left his vest. The way he asked about Linds was in a fatherly manner. Wonder if he will be the Goddaddy to baby Messer. Can't wait to have Linds back. And they need to include Adam more and more. He brings the Comic relief. Hope we get to see more Flack and Angel before she dies.moreless

Goof: Stella is not wearing gloves when she is into Diakos' apartment, and she is seen opening a door. It is highly unlikely that there was no evidence whatsoever of Stella's and Angell's presence in the room when the police showed up later and processed the scene.

Goof: Danny takes his cell phone out of his jeans pocket before washing his hands. It doesn't make much sense for him to do that only than to conveniently have quick access to it to reply to Lindsay's call. Moreover, even though his hands are covered in blood, the cell phone is not stained at all.

Scripps Florida developed the touch screen protein analyser depicted in this episode, the one which determines that traces of heroin contained a human-specific protein. Professor Jennifer Busby and software engineer Bruce Pascal set up the real piece of equipment at the set for filming.

Goof: When Pino escapes from Lila Wickfield's apartment, Flack hurries towards the window and Marty can be seen running down in the alley. He turns his head to the side for a second, only moment when his sunglasses are visible. Danny reaches the window seconds after and states that he is wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, even though he didn't have the chance to see them.

Mac: All right, playtime's over.Receptionist: What do I tell my customers?Mac: Credit card's declined. Fire drill. I don't care. Just get everybody out of here as quickly and as quietly as possible.Receptionist: Get out. Carmen, that's it. Get Mr. Jones out of his harness.

Sid: The last 15 overdose cases Pino worked. I had them exhumed.Mac: You're the doctor, but isn't this one a few organs short?Sid: Two kidneys, one bladder, and a liver to be exact.Mac: All the organs where narcotics naturally accumulate.Sid: And each of these bodies is missing the same ones.Mac: It appears as if Marty Pino was able to produce heroin by cutting out and processing key organs from his assigned overdose cases. He used his training and this place as his own personal heroin pipeline. Only after he lost his job and access to dead junkies, he resorted to murder.

Stella: Let me take it.Mac: I'm sorry, Stella. What I said before still stands. I can't have you investigating this. You're too emotionally involved. Diakos tried to kill you. I'm going to handle this one personally.Stella: You already have so much on your plate, Mac.Mac: I know how much this means to you.

Angell: Even if Kolovos takes the bait, we make a deal for the coins and catch him in the act, the man has diplomatic immunity in this country and no reason to cooperate.Stella: You're right. But what if I told you we weren't gonna arrest him in the United States?

Mac: How's Lindsay doing?Danny: Uh, she said she looks like a whale, and she's bored. And she also said she found a dead beaver on her parents' property, and that she was tempted to rope it off with crime scene tape and start processing.Mac: Well, next time you talk to her, you tell her we miss her.

Hawkes: (Interrupts Flack as he is interrogating Pino) Come on. What are you doing? The man just lost his wife. Flack: He's lying about something. Hawkes: He's scared, confused. Flack: And he's your friend, Sheldon, so I understand why you're hearing something different. Hawkes: There's no doubt Marty's made some mistakes. But I know he loved his wife. He couldn't have killed her. Flack: Okay, then prove it.

Flack: I know a lot of my colleagues worked cases with you, and they all say that you're a good man. And, Marty, I know you know how this works, so I'm just going to come out and ask you: did you shoot your wife?Marty Pino: Of course not.

Hawkes: Now I know why she looked so familiar. It's Anabel Pino.Flack: Wasn't there a Dr. Pino at the ME's office?Mac: Marty Pino.Hawkes: Marty liked to gamble. He dug himself into a deep hole. Sid caught him falsifying his overtime slips. He had no choice but to let him go. He got into some financial trouble, but murder? There's no way he's capable of this.Mac: I think a guy who's hit bottom is capable of anything.

NOTES (5)

Original International Air Dates:Turkey: May 18, 2009 on CNBC-e.Spain: May 19, 2009 on AXN.Czech Republic: July 1, 2009 on AXN.Sweden: September 21, 2009 on Kanal 5.The Netherlands: October 12, 2009 on RTL4.Norway: October 14, 2009 on TVNorge.New Zealand: December 22, 2009 on TV3.Germany: January 18, 2010 on Vox.Slovakia: February 6, 2010 on JOJ.Finland: June 9, 2010 on MTV3.

Emilio Rivera, who plays Little Stevie, also appeared in the C.S.I. episode Inside the Box and Tony Amendola, who plays Professor Papakota, also appeared in the C.S.I. episode Pirates of the Third Reich.

Holly Lynch, who plays Anabel Pino, also appeared in theCSI: Miami episode After the Fall.

ALLUSIONS (4)

Stella: The ancient Greeks would put coins on the eyes of their deceased to pay the passage from the land of the living to the land of the dead.

According to Greek mythology, the deceased had to cross the Estigya river in their passage from the land of the living to the land of the dead. Caronte, the boat man who crossed the souls, would take a coin to be paid for the passage. The coins on the eyes were used so the eyes would stay closed (rigor mortis would keep them open otherwise) because they believed that if the deceased kept them open, a relative will soon pass away as well. So another coin was usually placed under the tongue to pay to Caronte, because otherwise he would use the ones on the eyes.

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